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circumlocutory

/sɜ:kǝm'lɒkjƱtǝri, sɜ:kǝmlǝ'kju:tǝri; US -'lɒkjǝtↄ:ri/

US pronunciation
American sound/sɜ:kǝm'lɒkjƱtǝri, sɜ:kǝmlǝ'kju:tǝri; US -'lɒkjǝtↄ:ri/
circumlocutory
Syllables
4 syllables
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Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Final y vowel sound

cir - cum - lo - cu - to - ry -> circumlocutory

Myanmar meaning

[adj]ဝေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ် ရှည်ရှည်ဝေးဝေးပြောသော။

Full entry

circumlocution /sɜ:kǝmlǝ'kju:ʃn/ n [U, C]

(fml usu derog )
ဝေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ် ရှည်ရှည်ဝေးဝေးပြောခြင်း။ circumlocutory /sɜ:kǝm'lɒkjƱtǝri, sɜ:kǝmlǝ'kju:tǝri; US -'lɒkjǝtↄ:ri/ adj

More examples
  • A circumlocutory reply
Synonyms
beating around the bush, circuitousness, circumambages, convolutedness, diffuseness, discursiveness, euphemism, gassiness, indirect speech, indirectness, obliqueness, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, roundabout, roundaboutness, tautology, verbal evasion, verbality, verbiage, wordiness
Antonyms
conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness
Cross references
beating around the bushcircuitousnesscircumambagesconvolutednessdiffusenessdiscursivenesseuphemismgassinessindirect speechindirectnessobliquenessperiphraseperiphrasispleonasmprolixityroundaboutroundaboutnesstautologyverbal evasionverbalityverbiagewordinessconcisenessdirectnessstraightforwardnessterseness
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